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Despite having been ripped from the world of Abeir, Tymanther was a relatively calm and arid mesa-land of forests, mountains, and plains.[1][14] Tymanchebar was literally dropped onto the Unther region, rather than being transposed like Akanûl to the north. The impact resulted in a desolate region full of Untheran ruins.[1] Aside from a sizeable population of kobolds and the local fauna native to east Faerûn,[15] some creatures native to Abeir inhabited the region, such as the scathebeasts.[16]

Djerad Thymar was the seat of power for the highly militant dragonborn kingdom, struggling to make a name for themselves in the lands of Faerûn. Tymanther was ruled by the Vanquisher, who acted as both a monarch and a general.[1] The power of the Vanquisher was not absolute, however, as he or she served most of the time as an arbiter for the conclave of elders, made up by all the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Tymantheran clans.[22]

Tymanther was misunderstood as a nation and its trading partners were limited. As of 1479 DR, it had good relations with both High Imaskar and Chessenta, despite the mutual enmity of both nations. They held a deep mistrust of the dragon princes of Murghôm, believing they were only a step away from the tyrannical dragon empires of Abeir, and were openly hostile toward Akanûl, owing to a longstanding grudge with the genasi of that land, and engaged in brief skirmishes with the land's military forces.[23]

In 1486 DR, during the Mulhorandi rebellion against the Imaskari, High Imaskar asked for Tymantheran military aid, but the Thymari chose to openly cut diplomatic relations instead, as they had not forgotten that the Imaskari failed to fulfill their promise to help them during their political crisis with Chessenta in 1479 DR.[24] Despite this, Tymanther maintained a good diplomatic relationship with Deep Imaskar.[25]

As of 1489 DR, Tymanther was in an open war against the returned nation of Unther, as the God-king Gilgeam was adamant in his ambition to reclaim all of the former lands of Unther.[12]

The vast majority of Tymantherans shared a common culture that was based on a sense of responsibility to their clans[26] and had a highly militaristic lifestyle,[27] with hierarchical castes and strict laws. All citizens spent some time in the Lance Defenders, the kingdom's highly trained army, and the population was ever-ready to take up arms again should their country be threatened.[1] The nation was divided into large clans, each organized more like a military organization than a noble caste. However, while the laws of Tymanther might be unforgiving, the nation was also highly meritocratic and Tymantheran leaders were those that had proved their ability for command.[14]

The Tymantherans had a known tolerance for races of all kinds, extending their courtesy even to races who were generally disliked, such as tieflings.[28] This tolerance did not, however, equate to equality before the law and only dragonborn were allowed to participate in Tymanther's authoritarian government.[29]

The Tymantherans had a strong and abiding hatred of dragons, perpetuated by terrifying tales of draconic cruelty and retelling of the dragonborn struggle for freedom on Abeir. Though the dragons of Toril had nothing to do with this horrid past that haunted the race, the dragonborn were not particularly forgiving in this regard, and individuals who took up dragon-hunting for whatever reasons were honored as heroes among the Tymantherans. This hatred of dragons was strong, even carrying over to a condemnation of the worship of good dragon gods, such as Bahamut.[29]

Although individuals could worship the gods if they wanted to, the worshiping of the gods was something frowned upon by most traditionalist clans.[30] Despite that, the faiths of Bahamut and Tiamat had a strong presence in the area.[2][31] While worshiping Tiamat was illegal—therefore making this religion a minor and secretive cult[32]—the faith of the Platinum Dragon was an officially sanctioned religion,[33] despite the loathing of the Tymantherans. The Platinum Cadre was the official Bahamutan church in Tymanther.[2]

Ilmater and Chauntea were also popular gods in Tymanther, although their faiths only were present in the outlying villages and homesteads.[4][18]

In 1487 DR, the religion of the god Enlil was officially allowed in Tymanther, after the advent of the Second Sundering.[3]

The bulk of Tymanther's population was composed of dragonborn, most of them descendants of the survivors of Tymanchebar's destruction,[2] although a few dragonborn were also immigrants from Laerakond who had traveled to Tymanther to join the Thymari clans.[34] Although tieflings were a minority of the Tymantheran population, they were openly accepted by the dragonborn.[28]Humans and dwarves also were a minority in the outlying Tymantheran settlements.[4][5][15]

After the Second Sundering, a minority of Mulani refugees who fled from Unther were also allowed to join the Tymantherans after they helped the dragonborn in their battle against the Untherans.[6]

In the Year of Blue Fire, 1385 DR, during the Spellplague, the Abeiran nation of Tymanchebar was dropped onto the region of Unther, whose kingdom in turn was transported to Abeir.[1][12] The surviving dragonborn of Djerad Thymar founded the kingdom of Tymanther in tribute to their lost brethren, and to the kingdom they believed they had accidentally destroyed.[1]

During the Wailing Years, the dragonborn had to fight to survive in a land full of Spellplague-mutated horrors, but they eventually tamed the land and prospered as a nation.[35][14] Around 1479 DR, Tymanther was making a name for itself with its small elite cadres of soldiers attacking well-known dragon lairs. Some of these troops returned as heroes, and they spread the reputation of Tymanther to the rest of Faerûn.[1] Thymari dragonborn were sought out as skilled mercenaries by other Faerûnian nations.[12]

In the Year of the Ageless Ones, 1479 DR, due to the plans of the taaldaraxi of Brimstone's xorvintaal,[36] Tymanther was facing diplomatic problems with Chessenta and Akanûl. Although Tymanther sent an ambassador to try to solve the situation in a peaceful manner, negotiations went bad, mostly because the Thymari were also allies of High Imaskar.[37] The situation worsened when a group of abishai disguised as dragonborn began to kill Chessentan citizens. When the killers were discovered by the Brotherhood of the Griffon, the Thymari diplomatic delegation was kicked out of Chessenta, and the relationship between the two nations became delicate.[38]

On Nightal 26 of the Year of the Nether Mountain Scrolls, 1486 DR, as part of the Second Sundering, the lands of Unther that had been transported to Abeir by the Spellplague returned to Toril, while at the same time Tymanther was about to be returned to Abeir. The god Enlil returned to Toril the same day and prevented the process to some degree,[42] but the dragonborn nation was reduced to Djerad Thymar, Djerad Kethendi, and small holdings along the coast of the Alamber Sea and Ash Lake.[43][12]

The Untherites immediately went to war with Tymanther, and tried to regain their former lands, but the dragonborn fiercely defended what little territory they had, triggering the First Tymanther–Unther War.[12][13] Although the Tymantherans won that war and expelled the Untherite forces from their territory,[17] Gilgeam never relented from his ambition and, as of the Year of the Warrior Princess, 1489 DR, both nations were waging another war.[12]